Population
3'417↑0.7%
About Tenero-Contra
Municipality · Ticino
Tenero-Contra is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Population
3'417
Tax multiplier
93%
Tenero-Contra in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.93%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 38'200↓2.2%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 43'660↓1.7%
65%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.39%↓3.5%
Middle in canton
- Forest45%
- Settlement40%
- Agriculture11%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
26.2%↓0.4%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 19/ m²
+7% vs CH
Dwellings
2'158↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'298↑1.0%
80%
Housing market in Tenero-Contra
The rental vacancy rate is 1.39%, 28% below the cantonal average (1.92 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 93%, 12% above the cantonal average (83 %). Median taxable income is CHF 50'700, 18% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Tenero-Contra has 3'417 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).